“We have had reports of attacks in the wild abusing this flaw,” the advisory said.
By Tuesday, however, Mozilla had released the new Firefox 91.7 ESR and Firefox 98.0 versions for download.
Mozilla issued three critical security patches for dangerous vulnerabilities in the last three years.
In early 2020, Mozilla had to patch anothertwo critical vulnerabilities, both alsouse-after-free bugs.
It also patched azero-day exploit in 2019that was the subject of known attacks.
On Tuesday, Mozilla released Firefox 98 for download.
The version patches the recently discovered vulnerabilities, and includesprivacy-focused featuresaimed at blocking web trackers.
Mozilla also rolled out anHTTPS-only featurefor Firefox Focus on Android.
Getting your Firefox online window patched up and protected usually takes less than 30 seconds.
This ensures you’re getting the latest update without delay.
After opening the Firefox web app, go to the menu bar at the top of your screen.
From here, click theFirefoxmenu, then clickAbout Firefox.
From here, all you have to do is clickRestartonce the download is complete.
Having issues updating Firefox?
After opening the Firefox web client, go to the menu bar at the top of your screen.
From here, click theFirefoxmenu.
In this menu, clickPreferences.
When a new window opens, select theGeneralpanel.
Once in this panel, you’ll see the option to allow automatic updates listed in theFirefox Updatessection.
